A new one every week
The BEST Moves
One thing you can actually do with your team, pulled from twenty years of running programs and written down in full. No gate, no summary, no “download to find out.”
From 10 Business Scenarios
Mix the Room and the Screen
A holiday party where the remote half plays instead of watching. Put the people at home on the same teams as the people in the room, and give every team a way to hear them.
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From The BEST Guide to CSR
Let the Team Pick the Cause
A give-back the whole team says yes to, because they chose it. Shortlist a few causes, put it to a vote, hold it during work hours, and let people see who it helps.
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From Generational Communication Differences
Give Them a Case, Not a Stage
A team event the whole room joins, not just the people who love a spotlight. Put a game with a theme at the center, and let everyone play.
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From 10 Business Scenarios
Be First at the Table
For managers stepping up to lead. A give-back in your first months shows your team what you care about faster than a speech does.
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From 10 Business Scenarios
Make the Party the Thank-You
The best places to work have recognition built in. A holiday party is the easiest place to do it, as long as it stops feeling like work.
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From 10 Business Scenarios
Start at the End
Ten minutes before you choose anything. Write the sentence people say on the way out, then pick the program that gets you there.
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From The BEST Guide to CSR
Pick one cause. Repeat it.
The research on corporate giving is unusually blunt: a steady, unglamorous habit beats the occasional spectacular gesture, and it is not close.
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From Your Roadmap to Team Building
Name your why before you pick the program
Most planners pick the activity first and reverse-engineer the reason. Do it the other way round and about 90% of the menu disappears, including most of ours.
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From Generational Communication Differences
Seat them by tenure, not by department
A five-minute change to a seating chart that changes who talks. Works at an offsite, a breakout, a holiday lunch, or any program you book from us.
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From 10 Business Scenarios
The Two-Question Debrief
Twenty minutes, no facilitator, no budget. These are two questions we use in our own program debriefs, and you can run them yourself in the first week back.
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